The Hogwarts Emerald
Chapter 187 Suspicious Fire Dragon Egg
Chapter 187 Suspicious Fire Dragon Egg
After a day of confusion, Ada's life is back on track, and there are still many things waiting for her to do. Since she will have to face the wind and rain by herself in the future, she must grow up as soon as possible. Only by defeating the trial dolls of the same level as Professor McGonagall can Ada's life be guaranteed.
There are very few people in the wizarding world who can reach the level of Professor McGonagall or Snape. Only by reaching or exceeding this level can Ada not worry about the threat from others.
In this way, the only people who could threaten her were Dumbledore and Voldemort.
Voldemort was beyond doubt. The two people were in completely different positions. Ada's background destined her to be the target of the Death Eaters' purge, unless her parents, whom she had never met, were descendants of a pure-blood family. However, none of the twenty-eight pure-blood families had the last name Drizzt.
The other threat was not really a threat. Dumbledore was not a psychopath and would not do such a cruel thing. Ada believed that as long as she did not destroy or disturb the implementation of Dumbledore's plan, Dumbledore would not touch her.
Dumbledore would not actively force Ada to oppose him. As long as Ada did not show a clear tendency to oppose Harry, she and Dumbledore were not enemies.
Anyone with a normal mind would win the support of more people instead of making enemies and establishing his authority through killing. Dumbledore is not only a normal person, but also a very smart person. He would not do such a thing to benefit others at the expense of himself.
With the end of the Easter holidays, Hogwarts suddenly became busy. While the teachers were teaching new content, they were also leading the students to review what they had learned before.
Some students are complaining about the heavy academic workload, while some others suddenly realize that the final exams are getting closer and closer and they don’t have much time to relax.
Mrs. Pince became more and more irritable when facing Ada. She would take a long time to check the books Ada borrowed every time. I don't know if she really loved these books or if it was because there were more and more students in the library.
Of course, it is also possible that because Ada had threatened Filch before, Mrs. Pince, who had been rumored to have an affair with him, was speaking up for Filch.
Anyway, Madam Pince did become much more irritable. She appeared in every corner of the library with a feather duster in her hand and drove out all the students who violated the library rules.
However, there was one person that Madam Pince couldn't drive away. This person rarely appeared in the library. That person was Hagrid. His huge size made it impossible for Madam Pince to drive him away.
Hagrid is wearing an inappropriate moleskin coat. He often comes to the library to read books recently. It is hard to imagine Hagrid studying hard with a book in his hand, but if the contents of these books are all about dragons, would you still feel strange?
Ada wouldn't find it strange anyway.
As early as 1709, the wizarding world passed a law banning the keeping of dragons. Hagrid had complained about this law in private more than once, saying that it restricted his love for dragons. He had also expressed his desire to keep a dragon more than once. The biggest common topic between Hagrid and Charlie was dragons, and Hagrid wholeheartedly supported Charlie's decision to go to Romania to study dragons.
In fact, of the magical animals that Hagrid raised, few were allowed to be raised privately, and he had plenty of ways to deal with these dangerous magical animals. So even if Hagrid immediately took out a dragon egg from his moleskin coat, Ada would not be frightened. Instead, she thought that this was how Hagrid should be, this was her idol, and a real man should raise a dragon!
The only question is, if Hagrid really has the dragon egg, where did it come from?
Ada and the twins did not go to Hagrid to find out the truth. Even if Hagrid really raised a dragon, it had nothing to do with them. It was not their turn to worry about where the dragon eggs came from. Naturally, someone would ask about it.
If you don't believe me, look at this: after Hagrid borrowed the book and left, Harry, Ron, and Hermione followed him immediately. Ada knew without even thinking that the three of them would go to find Hagrid, and they would not only find out whether Hagrid had a dragon, but also where Hagrid's dragon came from.
Ada's life rhythm was not disrupted by Hagrid's sudden appearance in the library. She still completed her plan step by step. Just when Ada had forgotten about it, Ron's unexpected hospitalization made her remember it again.
On Thursday afternoon, Ada and the twins went to the school hospital after dinner. Ron was in the hospital, and as older brothers and sisters, they definitely had to go and see him.
Ron's arm had swelled to twice its original size and looked like a hammer. Fred only touched it lightly, and Ron let out a pig-slaughtering howl.
"Tell me, what happened? Why did it swell up like this?" George, who was sitting beside the bed, asked. "A dog bite." Ron said hesitantly. He didn't have any confidence in what he said. It was impossible to deceive people. If you want to deceive people, you have to fool yourself first. Only when you believe it yourself, others will believe it.
Ada walked to the bedside and looked carefully at Ron's bitten hand. She said, "Maybe I should take off the bandage and let Garlon bite little Ronnie again. Then we will know if it was bitten by a dog."
"Yeah, why didn't I think of that." Fred clapped his hands in sudden realization, "Ada, you'll be responsible for removing the bandages, George, you'll be responsible for fooling Madam Pomfrey, and I'll go get Garlon over here."
"No, no, I just said no..." Ron hurriedly stopped Fred, but found that these three people were just talking and didn't move at all. He was fooled again.
"It's a dragon. I was bitten by a Norwegian Ridgeback."
Ron truthfully explained how he was injured, the origin of the fire dragon, and the fact that they wrote to Charlie. Regardless of whether Ada and the others asked or not, Ron confessed everything he knew, and his attitude of admitting guilt was good, so he could be considered for lenient punishment.
In addition to the dragon, Ron also explained what Harry saw after the match between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff. Harry saw Snape threatening Quirrell in the Forbidden Forest, and it was only after that that they persuaded the people around them to treat Quirrell well.
Ron's story solved Ada's previous doubts about Hermione. It turned out that because she saw it with her own eyes, Hermione once again firmly agreed with Harry's statement and believed that Snape was the one who wanted to steal the Philosopher's Stone.
Ron, who confessed everything, looked at Ada and wanted to know what Ada thought.
Ada had nothing to say about the three of them. Regardless of whether it was Snape or Quirrell, both parties were deceiving them. Quirrell misled them about himself, making them believe that Snape was the villain, and Snape followed suit, making them more convinced that he was the villain.
These three first-graders were led by a group of adults and never thought of lifting the surface to see the hidden truth.
And these three people did not even suspect the origin of the dragon egg, which was what puzzled Ada the most. Ada was hesitating, wondering whether she should remind Ron.
If it were in the past, Ada would not have hesitated at all. She could have gone directly to Hagrid's hut with the twins and expressed her doubts. But now, Ada could not be so direct, so she hesitated.
The sudden appearance of the dragon egg was just too coincidental, especially at such a critical moment, so coincidental that it made people suspicious. But neither Hagrid, nor Harry, Ron, or Hermione doubted this mysterious man.
Hagrid was ecstatic to get the dragon, and given his personality, it was understandable that he didn't notice it. Harry, Ron, and Hermione had already realized the existence of the Philosopher's Stone and knew that someone was plotting to get it, but they didn't have the slightest suspicion of the mysterious man who suddenly appeared. This was really disappointing.
"Ron, have you never doubted this dragon egg?" Ada decided to speak out to remind them that it is not her character to be afraid of both wolves in front and tigers behind.
"Norber? What's wrong with Norber?" Ron asked in confusion. "Charlie will be here to take him away soon."
Ron didn't understand Ada's reminder, but George did. He explained, "There's nothing wrong with the dragon, but isn't the stranger who lost to Hagrid's dragon egg suspicious at all?"
(End of this chapter)
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